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Show 0 OROONOKO. Enter the Captain, vith his Crew. C^.Herefhere, here they are, Governor: What, feise upon m y j h m • Come, Boys, fall on ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Oroonokc-g, Oro. Thou art fall'n indeed. Thy o w n Blood be upon thee. Gov. Reft it there : , H e did deferve his Death. Take him away. . [ The My m You fee, Sir, you, and thofe miftaken Men Muft be our WitneiTes, w e do not come As Enemies, and thirfting for your Blood. If w e defir'd your Ruin, the Revenge Of our Companions Death, had pulht it on. But #iat w e over-look, in a Regard T o c o m m o n Safety, and the pubiick Good. Oro. Regard that publick Good : Draw off your I And leave us to our Fortune : we're refolv'd. Gov. Refolv'd, on what ? your Refutations Are broken, overtum'd, prevented, loft.^ What Fortune n o w can you raife out of 'em ? Kay, grant w e ihould draw off, what can you do? Where can you move ? What more can you refolve Unkfs it be to throw your felves away. Famine muft eat you up; if you go on. Y o u fee, our Numbers could w r h Eafe compel What w e requeft : And what do w e resell? Only to fave your felves. t [The Women with their Children gathering obm tk Oro, I'll hear no more. Women. Hear him, hear him. He takes no carei Gov. T o thofe poor Wretches who have been ie< And led away, to all, and every one, W e offer a full Pardon- , ' Oro. Then fall on. . W ' 1 Gov. Lay hold upon't, before it be too late, Pardon and Mercy. [The Women clinging about the Men they UatM and Jail upon their Faces, crying out jor farm, Slaves. Pardon, Mercy, pardon. i O R O O N O K O. ^^l Oro. Let 'em go all: N o w , Governor, I fee I own the Folly of m y Enterprife The Rafhnefs of this Aftion, and muft blufh Quite through this V*i of Night a whTJi ci I think I could defign to mfke thoTefre/ ^ ^ yH°u T C I N a 2tUT*S]*™> Wretches d e f W d To be their Mafters Dogs, and lick their Feet Whip, whip 'em to the Knowledge of your f W * Your Chriftian Gods, w h o fuffer you to be (Jnjuft Di (honeft, Cowardly, and Bafe, And give'em your Excufe for being fo* I would not live on the fame Earth with Creature* That only have the Faces of their Kind • Why fhould they look like Men, w h o are not fo > When they put off rheir Noble Natures, for The groveling Qualities of down-caft Beafts I wifh they had their Tails. ' Abo. Then w e fhould k n o w 'em. Oro. W e were too few before for Vi&orv' We're ftill enow to die, [T« Imoinda, Aboa,. Enter Blanford. «"w* Gov. Li»e, Royal Sir; Live, and be happy long on your o w n Terms- Only confent to yield, and you (hall have ' What Terms you can propofe, for you, a n d yours On Confent to yield! Shall I betray m y fJ(T ' &.. Alas! w e cannot fear, that your fmall Force k< Force of two, with a weak W o m a n ^ m ould Conquer us. I fpeak in the regard * •d honour of your Worth, in m y Deftre id forwardnefs to ferve fo great a Man. *oud not have it lye upon m y Thoughts f'^^OccaiionoftheFali 8 "' ' iuch a Prince, whofe Courage carried on ' more Noble Caufe, w o u l d V l l defer™ Empire of the World '• You can fpeak fair. ^erous, and noble j and lhall be ' L Regarded |